[tei-council] tei release under way, watch out

[Martin Holmes]

On 11-02-21 09:44 AM, Laurent Romary wrote:

>>>> An idea then comes to my mind. Could we think of automatically
>>>> compile
>>>> release notes from SF, taking into account tickets in "fixed" status
>>>> over a certain period. This would in turn force all of us at paying
>>>> attention to the wording of ticket headings. If I'm asking too much,
>>>> do not hesitate to tell…
>>>
>>> That is a good idea, if someone can take the time to write the
>>> script;
>>> I assume there is an API to SF's bug trackers?
>>>
>>> This needs a volunteer to make a proof of concept, I suggest. Not me,
>>> I am afraid.
>>
>> While it sounds like a fun idea, remember that anyone is allowed
>> to submit FR/Bugs to sourceforge... so unless you are suggesting
>> that when we change the 'Resolution' to be Fixed (or another
>> value) that we also rename the ticket to what it was *actually*
>> about?  Might that not be confusing for the person who submitted
>> it?
>
> Not a big issue to my view (the guy will get a message when the change
> is made anyhow). But look at the capacity it gives us at really
> boasting the work we do...

Judging from the tickets I've been involved in, this would be very 
problematic. The "fix" made in the end (usually after a lot of 
discussion) often only partially "resolves" the request or report 
originally made, and sometimes the solution enacted is very different 
from what was originally suggested or requested in the ticket. Some 
tickets are also forked into multiple children, and others are closed in 
order to be replaced by re-worked requests. Any code that could make 
helpful sense of this would be impressive indeed.

I think it would be more useful to keep detailed revisionDesc 
annotations as changes are made to the source, but having just looked 
through some of the source, it's not clear to me where that stuff should 
be kept.

Cheers,
Martin

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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)